Menethil's Power

Chapter 83 Power and Machinery

The underground city of Gnomeregan, home to tens of thousands of gnomes.Under the construction of several generations of managers, there is already a complete air exchange system, but these ventilation ducts did not consider whether they could accommodate fifty humans wearing plate armor at the beginning of their design.Therefore, Isaacs and his party had to turn to the water circulation channel halfway, and now everyone is soaked in half-height light green sewage.

Reinhardt, who was at the forefront of the team, hit a humanoid monster made of these light green liquids with a heavy hammer, and the corrosive liquid sprayed all over his body in an instant. Fortunately, the armor mixed with mithril was of excellent quality. There was no damage at all, but some droplets still seeped in through the gaps in the armor.

"What are these things?" Reihardt, who felt a little itchy in his body, asked depressedly.

"The water element can purify the waters it is in, so the Council of Artisans specially kept a few of them in captivity in the waterway." Milfis's voice came from above, with the unique noisy sound of the speaker, "But in the entire Gnomeregan After being infiltrated by the radiation cloud, these elemental creatures were also affected and turned into such poisonous water elements."

"Using water elements to purify water?" Luo Ning said excitedly: "This is really a wonderful idea." The young mage has fallen into a strange state of excitement since entering Gnomeregan, and he is completely attracted by this place. Fascinated by the subterranean city of steel and machinery, he doesn't even seem to care that he's waist-deep in a sewer pipe.

However, compared to water elements, Luo Ning is more interested in this magical small remote-controlled aircraft, "May I ask, Ms. Milfiss, how do you let your voice come out through this wonderful machine? Although telepathic communication Spells can also achieve the same effect, but it acts directly on the mind instead of transmitting sound..."

"I don't have time to answer your basic questions." Milfiss interrupted him unceremoniously, "If you are really interested, you can read through the first and second year courses of the Wheel and Axle University."

Luo Ning smiled, and just about to continue to say something, the aircraft that had been flying at a constant speed suddenly stopped, and it circled around the spot of light cast from above, "This is it, the leper dwarf did not cut off this area power supply, so we are lucky not to have to worry about lighting.”

"Which area is above?" Isaacs asked with a frown.

"The bathroom in the dormitory." Milfiss replied, "The exit of the sewer is very narrow, and you have to use some violence to get through."

Isaacs nodded, without his reminding, Reinhardt very consciously swung his long-handled warhammer and slammed it heavily on the iron fence. The iron fence deformed visible to the naked eye, and Reinhardt yelled, the second The hammer followed.

The power of the lord-level fighters is not a joke, not to mention the increase of the holy power. Just hearing a loud "kuang", the metal fence flew out of them with a large piece of iron.Through the pothole that suddenly appeared, Isaacs could see several short, crooked figures.

They have hard, lime-gray skin with brutal, withered yellow eyes, wrinkled faces, and gaunt forelimbs of misshapen length.Isaacs made a judgment in an instant, and these were the cavemen, the main reason for the fall of Gnomeregan.

As deformed variants of the dwarves' ancestors, the earth spirits, the cavemen still retain a hard stone body, but their intelligence and perception have been degraded beyond belief, which makes them destructive, but they can only move within a limited range of underground , in this point they are not even as good as murlocs.

These cavemen were obviously frightened, but after reacting, they rushed over without hesitation. What greeted them was the cone of ice that Ronin had already prepared and Reinhardt's ready-to-go third hammer.The caveman flew upside down, and his body shattered into small pieces in mid-air.

Milfis' aircraft turned off the searchlight, and flew out of the pothole directly, "We have arrived at the predetermined location, and we can directly reach the purification room along the corridor on the left, but," the dwarf's voice in the speaker suddenly stopped After a while, "The density of cavemen seems to be a bit higher than expected."

"It's just a little troublesome." Isaacs said casually. The paladins present are all elite recruits, at least at the elite level, and their personal combat power is basically three times that of the caveman. It is completely possible to achieve a crushing breakthrough in the one-way passage.

His judgment was correct. Under the command of lieutenant Matt Horner, the newly promoted paladins alternated and advanced in turn. The cavemen could not hinder them. A few radiation mutants were killed by Isaacs and Ronin used a powerful burst to name and kill.

The team quickly advanced to a heavy metal gate. After Isaacs killed the last mutant caveman with a shining sword, Milfis' aircraft suddenly appeared again, "Now, send your Loudest voice, let old Obno within open the door for us."

"Call him to open the door?" Isaacs suddenly felt a little funny, and he subconsciously asked, "Shouldn't it be a mechanical arm or a data interface from your machine, and then operate it to take over the door? Control permissions?"

The air suddenly fell into silence, and it took a long time before Milfith's cold voice came from the aircraft, "What special functions do you think this aircraft, which is only the size of a helmet, should have?"

Isaacs was dumb, and acquiesced that this seems to be the only feasible solution at present, "I'm going to trouble you again, Reinhardt." He said helplessly, there was only one in the team who could shout, "Just for Nuo Morrigan is all right."

Facts have proved that even this kind of thick metal gate can't stop the roar from the iron lungs of high-ranking fighters. Isaacs even had the illusion that the gate was shaking.There was a sound of mechanical turning, and the metal door rose slightly, revealing a crack, and a faint voice came from inside, "Is it Milfis?"

"Yes, Mr. Obno. I suggest you stop wasting unnecessary time. Now that the door has been opened, you have already been exposed to radiation." Milfis replied.

The door was fully raised, and seven or eight little bean dings appeared in front of everyone. They were wearing orange-red one-piece protective suits and ridiculous closed helmets that were as round as pumpkins. It seemed impossible to tell the difference between them from the outside.

"You hired humans as helpers?" asked the leading dwarf. From the voice, he could hear that he was Obno, and he bowed to Reinhardt decently, "Thank you for saving your life, humans leader."

Reinhard laughed, "I'm just a handyman, and this is our leader." He pointed to Isaacs, who had a black hair, with a bit of complacency in the corner of his eyes.

Obno was immediately embarrassed, "I'm sorry, sir, I thought other races except dwarves judge status by their size." He said hastily.

"We don't have time to talk nonsense! Obno!" Milfis's annoyed voice came from the aircraft, the bottom of this small machine suddenly opened, and several long injections fell out, "Put these nutritional supplements in Into the feeding port of your helmet!"

"Thank you so much! My goddess!" Obno said almost flatteringly, his hands were not slow at all, and so were his assistants, obviously these dwarfs were starving.

But these liquid foods can't relieve hunger, "Can't we have some more?" Obno asked eagerly.

"No, I just need to make sure you get out of Gnomeregan alive." Milfiss said coldly: "We should go, all the survivors are here, right?"

"Poor Jiger will lie here forever." Obno said bitterly. "Why don't you use talbe suet as a lubricant like other engineers?"

"This has nothing to do with me." Milfiss simply shrugged off responsibility, "There is no time for nonsense. Let's set off now and head to District 17."

"I'm afraid we can't go there. There is a caveman who is twice as tall as him in District 17," Obno pointed to Reinhardt. "This is what two of my apprentices bought with their lives. News. You must know that the combat power of a caveman is directly proportional to its size, and a caveman with that body can crush any dwarf." He said exaggeratedly.

"Then do you have any suggestions?" Milfies' voice was obviously displeased.

"We can go to the engineer's lab, there's access to the back door in Gnomeregan."

"Have you considered the time?" Milfiss roared angrily, "By the time we get there, you will have already turned into that kind of green-skinned lunatic!"

"Don't worry, the city subway from here to there is still running. In addition, we can also confirm the safety of 6-90 in the laboratory." Obno's voice became quieter.

The aircraft vibrated violently, as if conveying the anger of Milfis on the surface, "Didn't you install any security measures for your work? I can't describe your stupidity! How much time does it take for a simple self-destruct device?" ?”

Confused, Isaacs raised his hand, "Excuse me, who can tell what 6-90 is?"

"My engineering masterpiece." Obno said triumphantly: "A new generation of intelligent combat machinery, the only outstanding work that has defeated a great craftsman in the Engineer Machinery Competition."

"And Therma Plug has been coveting this prototype. If he gets such a technology, it means that his power will be greatly improved. The plan has changed. We must go to the laboratory and destroy that damned Prototype!" Milfiss said firmly, the aircraft suddenly turned to face Obno, who hesitated to speak, "You have no right to express your opinion!"

Obno directly admitted that he was cowardly, not daring to fart.

So the team can only continue to advance, but the enemy has been replaced by leper dwarfs instead of cavemen, and there is also a group of small bean dings who have almost no combat effectiveness to protect.

The leper gnome has almost preserved the establishment of Gnomeregan's defense force, from mechanical chocobo cavalry to small and medium-sized walking tanks, and then to power protection armor. These mechanized combat units have excellent physical and magic resistance, giving paladins They caused quite a bit of trouble.

But troubles are just troubles. In a high-magic world like Azeroth, pure machinery cannot be transformed into absolute power, and the highly developed social system and technology cannot completely reverse the racial weakness of dwarves.The paladins quickly found a way to deal with this kind of enemy, and began to focus on attacking the driver and power unit.

Under the deliberate control of Isaacs and Matt, the scope of their battle was not large, so they did not attract too many enemies.After clearing out a few leper dwarves who were wandering on the platform, they successfully boarded the city subway in Gnomeregan.

This fixed-line transportation tool has extremely fast speed. In the original timeline, the gnomes built a subway connecting Stormwind City and Ironforge after the Second War, so that the two cities can quickly support each other. .

Of course, Isaacs, who has the memory of his previous life, will not feel any special feeling, but it is indeed a novel experience for others. "A very creative way of transportation within the city." Luo Ning exclaimed, "Can you tell me about its basic operating principle?"

"I'm sorry, I can't!" Milfies said directly, she seemed annoyed.

Luo Ning, who was rejected again, was not discouraged. He always believed that the most valuable quality of a Kirin Tor mage was his indomitable thirst for knowledge, not to mention that he was not a person who followed the rules. Since the dwarf seemed unwilling to reveal his skills, he It is entirely possible to obtain samples and conduct research on your own.

The train arrived at its destination very quickly. The leper gnome in the laboratory didn't expect enemies other than the cavemen at all, so he was quickly defeated. Ronin, who had been providing magic support in the battle, deliberately lagged behind because he found A good capture target - a small robot.

This robot is like a large red police light. It has been on the edge of the battlefield without any movement during the battle. It seems that it does not have too high intelligence and combat effectiveness.However, Luo Ning could feel the breath of space magic in this robot, which made his thirst for knowledge even stronger.

A simple arcane cage, this strange robot became a prisoner of Rhonin. The young mage cautiously did not touch him directly, but lifted him up with his magical hands, and observed carefully from a few meters away.

The robot suddenly emitted a flash of light, and Luo Ning realized that he had triggered it. The mage immediately thought of self-destruction or rays, and almost instantly condensed an ice shield in front of him.

But the robot's reaction seemed to stop there, its light became more and more dazzling, and Luo Ning felt bad, he subconsciously wanted to destroy it, but it seemed too late, a piercing voice suddenly came from inside the robot:

"Alert! Alert! Intrusion Alert! Intrusion Alert!"

(End of this chapter)